The man charged with the murder of 20-year-old Kevin Lee Cole was the one who made the emergency call to 911, according to the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office.

Sheriff Alan Norman said the case is still under investigation, but it appears the shooting was drug-related.

He said Matthew Anthony Moore, 26, called the emergency number after shooting Cole twice.

Norman previously told The Star that when deputies arrived at Moore's house in Mooresboro about 9 p.m. Friday, they found Cole dead on the back porch. Moore was inside the house.

"There was a couple calls," Norman said. "There was a call to Rutherford County before 911 was called but we're attempting to confirm that."

He said Cole, who lived in Forest City, had been in trouble with law enforcement in the past and had recently been arrested in Rutherford County on a drug charge.

Neither Cole nor Moore had brushes with Cleveland County sheriff's deputies in the past, according to Norman.

Moore has been charged with first-degree murder and is being held with no bond at the Cleveland County Detention Center, according to the Sheriff's Office. He did not have a record with the NC Department of Correction.

The Cleveland County clerk's office said Moore's next scheduled court date is Jan. 10.

Calls to the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office seeking more information were not returned in time for this story.

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